𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

Literally "having the mind of someone allegiant"[1], from Old Iranian *haxā- (“he who is bound by allegiance, someone allegiant”) + *mani- (“mind, mentality”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”) and *men- (“to think”).

Proper noun

𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š Haxāmaniš)

  1. a male given name: Achaemenes

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒀀𒄩𒈠𒉌𒅖𒀪 (a-ḫa-ma-ni-iš-ʾ /Aḫamanišʾ/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡀𐡇𐡌𐡍𐡔‎ (ʾḥmnš)[1]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄩𒀝𒋡𒌋𒌋𒉡𒆜 (ha-ak-ka₄-man-nu-iš /Hakamanuiš/)[1]

References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 17
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